Ancient Gold - Greek
Lot 1820 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Ancient Gold - Greek
Estimate $5,000
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THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.47 g), Pella Mint, issue c.286/5-282/1 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side to right, to right **BASILEWS, to left **LUSIMACOU*, MTO monogram to left, K in exergue, **S* on throne, (cf.S.6813, Th.241 [Essays to S.Robinson, Plate 22]). File marks on edge, surface marks, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 117, lot 4384. From the Brian Bolton Collection and previously Noble Numismatics Sale 86 (lot 3548).
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Lot 1818
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (305-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.58 g), Amphipolis Mint, struck 28/7-282/1 B.C., ...
Estimate $18,000
Lot 1819
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (305-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.52 g), uncertain mint but probably Byzantium, ...
Estimate $5,000
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THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.47 g), Pella Mint, issue c.286/5-282/1 B.C., ...
Estimate $5,000
Lot 1821
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (305-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.43 g), uncertain mint, issued as an ...
Estimate $8,000
Lot 1822
THRACE, Byzantion, (mid-late 1st century B.C.), gold stater, (8.13 g), in the name and types ...
Estimate $12,000